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Spam on the Loose!
28th July 2008
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The Spam King Lives! At least that’s who this escaped convict is known as, according to the Wall Street Journal’s Ben Worthen.
While this was occurring, another ”Spam King”, Robert Soloway, was sentenced for similar crimes in Washington
For his misdeeds, Soloway was sentenced to just under four years. Notably, Soloway was the second person to be prosecuted under the Can-Spam Act. It should also be noted that the prosecutors asked for about twice the time in prison and with good behavior, Soloway will probably only serve about half of the sentence he received.
Like most of the many “Spam Kings” out there, Soloway allegedly used a botnet (army of zombie computers) to saturate the electronic universe with e-trash, including advertisements from commercial clients. To give everybody an idea of the scope of Soloway’s activity, he allegedly sent out 90 million e-mails in a three-month period.
The made me wonder if anyone is looking at the commercial clients? Of course, everyone knows that “Spam Kings” send out a lot more than commercial advertisements, including a variety of scams designed to steal from unwary people. They also tout knock-off drugs, merchandise, software and porn.
Spam is also used to deliver malicious software, which can steal all your personal and financial information. Ironically, spam also delivers malware designed to turn a system (part of a botnet), which is then used to send out even more spam.
So perhaps these convictions will lead to the early-stage mobile spammers thinking twice… oh, who are we kidding? No way.
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